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Professionals

Richard H. Zaitlen
Senior Partner

Richard Zaitlen is a senior partner in the law firm's Intellectual Property practice and is located in the Los Angeles office. His experience in technical fields involving intellectual property matters encompasses a broad spectrum of technology, including consumer electronics, chemical and biochemical processes, compositions and related arts, as well as medical device technology. In terms of litigation, Mr. Zaitlen has been lead counsel in over twenty high-stakes jury trials involving patents, trademarks and copyrights, as well as judge trials, arbitrations and mediations. He has also been lead counsel in many preliminary injunction proceedings involving intellectual property rights. Mr. Zaitlen has also represented numerous U.S. and foreign companies in obtaining and licensing rights in virtually every technology, including advanced computer software and hardware, electronic devices and consumer goods. Mr. Zaitlen has taken an active role in numerous mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, where the technology, trademarks, or copyrights are the driving force behind the relationship.

Mr. Zaitlen was employed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for five years. While at the Patent Office, he was detailed to the Office of Legislation and International Affairs, where he helped draft various patent, trademark and copyright legislation.

Mr. Zaitlen has also published numerous articles in the field of patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights.

Mr. Zaitlen is a past chair of the Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He has been a member of the District of Columbia Bar since 1973, is a member of the California Bar since 1974, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Mr. Zaitlen has been an adjunct professor of trademark law and unfair competition at Pepperdine University Law School and at Southwestern University Law School.

Mr. Zaitlen now resides at Pillsbury's offices in Los Angeles.

Retained as patent, trademark or copyright expert for the following cases:

Arbitrator
Lead arbitrator in a three-member panel. Arbitration involving all aspects of a patent litigation matter. Matter involved related to dental implants. Decision and award affirmed in U.S. District Court, Central District, California, 2004.